Background
ROHRER, Heinrich was born on June 6, 1933 in Buchs, Saint Gallen.
ROHRER, Heinrich was born on June 6, 1933 in Buchs, Saint Gallen.
Diploma in physics, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1960; D. Science (honorary), Rutgers University, 1987; D. Science (honorary), Marseille (France) U., 1988; D. Science (honorary), Madrid U., 1988; D. Science (honorary), Tsukuba (Japan) U., 1994; D. Science (honorary), Frankfurt (Germany) U., 1996.
Research assistant, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1960-1961; post-doctoral, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1961-1963; with, International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory, Zurich, 1963-1997; researcher, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, since 1997; researcher, Rikagaku Kenkyūsho, Waco, Japan, since 1997; researcher, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, since 1997. Visiting scholar University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974-1975.
Fellow Royal Microscopical Society (honorary 1988). Member NAS (foreign associate), Swiss Academy Technology Sciences, Swiss Physical Society (honorary 1990), Swiss Association Engineering and Architecture (honorary 1991), Zurich Physical Society (honorary 1992).
Married Rose-Marie Egger in 1961.